Why So Much Rape in Stormblood

[Exiled_Tonberry]

Rape in wartime? Who would have guessed.

Sorry if that sounds harsh, but come on TC.

[missybee]

Didn't take long for all the single men to ridicule this idea. But this IS an MMO forum so... I could blindly throw a stick and hit one.

Be careful not to cut yourself on that edge.

On topic, however, the amount of rape in XIV never struck me as particularly glaring or egregious. When I first saw this title, I was sort of scouring my brain for characters who had been explicitly abused in this manner, but Yotsuyu was among the few I could think of...and with her it was kind of more implied?

As countless others have mentioned, XIV is set in the midst of war, and it is far from pleasant. I do agree, however, that victims of sexual abuse in the game seem to be pretty disproportionately women.

[Ayer2015]

I fail to see the issue in a narrative including mature subject matter. Expecting the world to insulate you from negative aspects of reality is unreasonable.

[NaoTenbe]

Personally I'm getting tired of the 'person steps backward slowly slowly slowly... and then falls off the cliff into nothingness' trope.

[JunseiKei]

I'm not even sure what he means to be honest. Seems like a sexist remark, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt so he can explain.

They are saying every person that disagrees with the topic that the OP made is a single (IE: not in a relationship) male and that is all the population on the forums.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

I wouldn't.

It's there.

It should be called out.

This is a critique. It's a very, very fair one. If you don't like the term "fridging", okay. You don't have to like it. It's nothing more than jargon for a storytelling device that is frequently a problem. I'm going to repeat what that problem is, for the sake of total clarity:

You shouldn't use terms you don't understand. "Fridging" more refers to prominent female characters who solely exist to propel a prominent male character's tragic backstory. Hence why the trope ordinates from Gwen Stacy's death as the catalyst for Spiderman. Furthermore, it usually references poor uses of the example not ones more fleshed out but I digress. If you want to "call out" inequality, shall we start with Aymeric being the only male leader? I mean, if everything has to be equal at all times, it goes both ways. FFXIV has routinely placed female characters in highlighted or largely important roles, be it alongside you or in authoritative positions.

Critiques may not be condemnations, but that doesn't mean they can't be disingenuous either.

[Gravton]

that should be the real question.

How much is too much?

[Gravton]

Didn't take long for all the single men to ridicule this idea. But this IS an MMO forum so... I could blindly throw a stick and hit one.

Didn't take long for a feminists to play the victim card and resort to violence either. What do people say about sticks and stones again? Blanket generalizing is fun for both sides.

[Demielle_Tournes]

You shouldn't use terms you don't understand. "Fridging" more refers to prominent female characters who solely exist to propel a prominent male character's tragic backstory. Hence why the trope ordinates from Gwen Stacy's death as the catalyst for Spiderman. Furthermore, it usually references poor uses of the example not ones more fleshed out but I digress. If you want to "call out" inequality, shall we start with Aymeric being the only male leader? I mean, if everything has to be equal at all times, it goes both ways. FFXIV has routinely placed female characters in highlighted or largely important roles, be it alongside you or in authoritative positions.

Critiques may not be condemnations, but that doesn't mean they can't be disingenuous either.

Thank you <3

[Dark-Saviour]

Hence why the trope ordinates from Gwen Stacy's death as the catalyst for Spiderman.

The term itself originates from what happened with Alex DeWitt and Kyle Rayner in the comics, however. The trope was around prior to that, sure, but that's the instance that seems to have caused it to click as a more overt thing.